AQU researchers presented three research papers in the most important dental research conference worldwide. Two papers were presented by student groups from the Dental Research Club, the first one titled “Beyond the First Wave: Consequences of COVID-19 Lockdown on Dental Students’ Mental Health” where students, Raghad Saleh, Ayah Dweik and Mayar Danadneh, assessed dental students' mental Health in times of COVID 19 lockdown. The second paper titled “Dental Health Behaviors Between Dental Students”, where students, Mayar Dandneh, Ruba Nairoukh and Raghad Saleh, described dental health behaviors between dental students regarding the use of dental floss.
The third paper was presented by Elham Kateeb, an associate professor of Dental Public Health under the title of “Social Support, Parental Stress and Locus of Control Among Mothers and Their Relationship with Early Childhood Caries in Jerusalem Area, Palestine”. In this paper, Dr. Kateeb assessed the impact of socio-psychological factors on ECC among preschoolers. The conference was held virtual this year because of the current pandemic safety measures in the United States.
